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Ezekiel 32

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1 At nangyari, nang ikalabing dalawang taon, nang ikalabing dalawang buwan, nang unang araw ng buwan, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi:

2 Anak ng tao, panaghuyan mo si Faraong hari sa Egipto, at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ikaw ay kawangis ng isang batang leon sa mga bansa; gayon man ikaw ay parang malaking hayop sa mga dagat; at ikaw ay sumagupa sa iyong mga ilog, at nilabo mo ng iyong mga paa ang tubig, at dinumhan mo ang kanilang mga ilog.

3 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Aking ilaladlad ang aking lambat sa iyo na kasama ng isang pulutong ng maraming tao; at iaahon ka nila sa aking lambat.

4 At iiwan kita sa lupain, ihahagis kita sa luwal na parang, at aking padadapuin sa iyo ang lahat ng mga ibon sa himpapawid, at aking bubusugin sa iyo ang mga hayop ng buong lupa.

5 At aking ilalagay ang iyong laman sa ibabaw ng mga bundok, at pupunuin ko ang mga libis ng iyong kataasan.

6 Akin namang didiligin ng iyong dugo ang lupain na iyong nilalanguyan, hanggang sa mga bundok; at ang mga daan ng tubig ay mapupuno.

7 At pagka ikaw ay aking nautas, aking tatakpan ang langit, at padidilimin ko ang mga bituin niyaon; aking tatakpan ng alapaap ang araw, at ang buwan ay hindi magbibigay ng kaniyang liwanag.

8 Lahat na maningning na liwanag sa langit ay aking padidilimin sa iyo, at tatakpan ko ng kadiliman ang iyong lupain, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

9 Akin namang papaghihirapin ang puso ng maraming bayan, pagka aking dadalhin ang iyong kagibaan sa gitna ng mga bansa, sa mga lupain na hindi mo nakilala.

10 Oo, aking papanggigilalasin ang maraming bayan sa iyo, at ang kanilang mga hari ay lubhang matatakot sa iyo, pagka aking ikinumpas ang aking tabak sa harap nila; at sila'y manginginig tuwituwina, bawa't tao dahil sa kaniyang sariling buhay sa kaarawan ng iyong pagkabuwal.

11 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Ang tabak ng hari sa Babilonia ay darating sa iyo.

12 Sa pamamagitan ng mga tabak ng makapangyarihan ay aking ipabubuwal ang iyong karamihan; kakilakilabot sa mga bansa silang lahat: at kanilang wawalaing halaga ang kapalaluan ng Egipto, at ang buong karamihan niyao'y malilipol.

13 Akin din namang lilipuling lahat ang mga hayop niyaon mula sa siping ng maraming tubig; at hindi na lalabukawin pa man ng paa ng tao, o ang kuko man ng mga hayop ay magsisilabukaw sa mga yaon.

14 Kung magkagayo'y aking palilinawin ang kanilang tubig, at aking paaagusin ang kanilang mga ilog na parang langis, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

15 Pagka aking gagawin ang lupain ng Egipto na sira at giba, na lupaing iniwan ng lahat na nangandoon, pagka aking sasaktan silang lahat na nagsisitahan doon kung magkagayon ay kanila ngang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

16 Ito nga ang panaghoy na kanilang itataghoy; na itataghoy ng mga anak na babae ng mga bansa; sa Egipto, at sa lahat na kaniyang karamihan ay itataghoy nila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

17 Nangyari rin nang ikalabing dalawang taon, nang ikalabing limang araw ng buwan, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin na nagsasabi,

18 Anak ng tao, taghuyan mo ang karamihan ng Egipto, at ibaba mo sila, sa makatuwid baga'y siya, at ang mga anak na babae ng mga bantog na bansa, hanggang sa pinakamalalim na bahagi ng lupa, na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay.

19 Sinong iyong dinadaig sa kagandahan? bumaba ka, at malagay kang kasama ng mga di tuli.

20 Sila'y mangabubuwal sa gitna nila na nangapatay ng tabak: siya'y nabigay sa tabak: ilabas mo siya at ang lahat niyang karamihan.

21 Ang malakas sa gitna ng makapangyarihan ay magsasalita sa kaniya na mula sa gitna ng Sheol na kasama ng nagsitulong sa kaniya: sila'y nagsibaba, sila'y nangakatigil, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga hindi tuli, na nangapatay ng tabak.

22 Ang Assur ay nandoon at ang buo niyang pulutong; ang kaniyang mga libingan ay nangasa palibot niya: silang lahat na nangapatay, na nangabuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak;

23 Na ang mga libingan ay nangalalagay sa pinakamalalim na bahagi ng hukay, at ang kaniyang pulutong ay nasa palibot ng kaniyang libingan; silang lahat na nangapatay, na nangabuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, na nakapangingilabot sa lupain ng buhay.

24 Nandoon ang Elam at ang buo niyang karamihan sa palibot ng kaniyang libingan; silang lahat na nangapatay na nangabuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, na nagsibabang hindi mga tuli sa pinakamalalim na bahagi ng lupa, na nakapagpangilabot sila sa lupain ng buhay, at dinala ang kanilang kahihiyan na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay.

25 Inilagay nila ang kaniyang higaan sa gitna ng mga patay na kasama ng buong karamihan niya; ang kaniyang mga libingan ay nangasa palibot niya; silang lahat na di tuli na nangapatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak; sapagka't nakapagpangilabot sila sa lupain ng buhay, at dinala nila ang kanilang kahihiyan na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay: siya'y nalagay sa gitna niyaong nangapatay.

26 Nandoon ang Mesech, ang Tubal, at ang buo niyang karamihan; ang mga libingan niya ay nangasa palibot niya; silang lahat na hindi tuli, na nangapatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak; sapagka't sila'y nakapagpangilabot sa lupain ng buhay.

27 At sila'y hindi mangahihiga na kasama ng makapangyarihan na nangabuwal sa mga di tuli, na nagsibaba sa Sheol na may kanilang mga almas na pangdigma, at nangaglagay ng kanilang mga tabak sa ilalim ng kanilang mga ulo, at ang kanilang mga kasamaan ay nangasa kanilang mga buto; sapagka't sila ang kakilabutan ng makapangyarihan sa lupain ng buhay.

28 Nguni't ikaw ay mabubuwal sa gitna ng mga di tuli, at ikaw ay mahihiga na kasama nila na nangapatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak.

29 Nandoon ang Edom, ang kaniyang mga hari at lahat niyang prinsipe, na sa kanilang kapangyarihan ay nangahiga na kasama ng nangapatay ng tabak: sila'y mangahihiga na kasama ng mga di tuli, at niyaong nagsibaba sa hukay.

30 Nandoon ang mga prinsipe sa hilagaan, silang lahat, at lahat ng mga taga Sidon, na nagsibabang kasama ng nangapatay; sa kakilabutan na kanilang ipinangilabot ng kanilang kapangyarihan sila'y nangapahiya; at sila'y nangahihigang hindi tuli na kasama ng nangapapatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak, at taglay ang kanilang kahihiyan na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay.

31 Makikita sila ni Faraon, at maaaliw sa lahat niyang karamihan, sa makatuwid baga'y ni Faraon at ng buo niyang hukbo, na nangapatay ng tabak, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

32 Sapagka't inilagay ko ang kaniyang kakilabutan sa lupain ng buhay; at siya'y ihihiga sa gitna ng mga di tuli, na kasama ng nangapatay ng tabak, si Faraon at ang buong karamihan niya, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9408

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9408. 'And it was like the substance of the sky for clearness' means the translucence of the angelic heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sky (or heaven)' as the angelic heaven, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clearness' or purity of substance, when said of the sky, as translucence. What the translucence of the angelic heaven is when the Word is the subject must be stated briefly. The angelic heaven is said to be translucent when God's truth shines through; for the whole of heaven is nothing other than a receptacle of God's truth. Each angel is an individual recipient of it, so that all the angels or heaven as a whole is a general recipient. This explains why heaven is called 'God's dwelling-place' and also 'God's throne'. For 'dwelling-place' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the inmost heaven, which in comparison is good, 8269, 8309; and 'throne' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the middle heaven, 5313, 6397, 8625, 9039. Since that which shines through, out of the sense of the letter of the Word, is God's truth as it exists in the heavens, it is the angelic heaven that shines through. For the Word is Divine Truth adjusted to all the heavens, and as a consequence of this it joins the heavens to the world, that is, angels to men, 2143, 7153, 7381, 8920, 9094 (end), 9212 (end), 9216 (end), 9357, 9396. From all this it is evident what the words 'the translucence of the angelic heaven' are used to mean.

[2] The reasons why in the internal sense 'the sky (or heaven)' means the angelic heaven lie with correspondence and also with the appearance. So it is that where the words 'heavens' and 'heavens of heavens' occur in the Word the angelic heavens are meant in the internal sense. For the ancients had no other idea of the visible sky than this, that the inhabitants of heaven lived there and that the stars were their dwelling-places. At the present day too, simple people - especially young children - have the same idea. So it is also that people look upwards to the sky or heaven when they worship God. This action too arises from correspondence; for a sky with stars appears in the next life, but this is not the sky seen by people in the world. Instead it is a sky that takes on an appearance which accords with the spirits and angels' state of intelligence and wisdom. The stars in it are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, and the clouds which are sometimes seen in the sky vary in meaning according to their colours, translucence, and movements, the blue of the sky being truth transparent with good. All this goes to prove that by 'heavens' the angelic heavens are meant. But by the angelic heavens God's truths are meant, because angels are recipients of God's truth emanating from the Lord.

[3] Similar things are meant by 'heavens' in David,

Praise Jehovah, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens! Psalms 148:4.

In the same author,

Make melody to the Lord who rides above the heaven of the heaven of old. Psalms 68:33.

In the same author,

By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the spirit 1 of His mouth. Psalms 33:6.

In the same prophet,

The heavens recount His glory, and the firmament declares the works of His hands. Psalms 19:1.

In the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water. Judges 5:4.

In Daniel,

The horn of the he-goat grew right on towards the host of the heavens, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:10.

In Amos,

The Lord Jehovih, who builds His steps in the heavens ... Amos 9:6.

In Malachi,

If there is food in My house I will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing for you. Malachi 3:10.

In Isaiah,

Look out from the heavens, and see from the dwelling-place of Your holiness and of Your glory. Isaiah 63:15.

In Moses,

Blessed by Jehovah is the land of Joseph, in regard to the precious things of heaven, to the dew. Deuteronomy 33:13.

In Matthew,

Jesus said, You shall not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne. He who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by Him who sits on it. Matthew 5:32; 23:22.

[4] In these and very many other places 'heavens' means the angelic heavens. And since the Lord's heaven on earth is the Church, the Church too is meant by 'heaven', as in the following places: In John,

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away. Revelation 21:1.

In Isaiah,

Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; therefore the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 2 Isaiah 65:17.

In the same prophet,

The heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment. Isaiah 51:6.

In the same prophet,

I clothe heaven with darkness, and I make sackcloth its covering. Isaiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

I will cover the heavens, and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. And all the bright lights in heaven I will make dark, and I will put darkness over the land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

In Matthew,

After the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matthew 24:29.

What the meaning is of 'sun', 'moon', 'stars', and 'in the heavens', see 4056-4060.

In Isaiah,

O Jehovah God of Israel, You are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Isaiah 37:16.

In the same prophet,

[I am] Jehovah who makes all things, who spreads out the heavens Alone, who stretches out the earth by Myself. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah who created the heavens, who formed the earth, and made it, and prepared it, did not create it an emptiness. Isaiah 45:18.

[5] In the internal sense 'heaven and earth' in these and other places means the Church, the internal Church being meant by 'heaven' and the external Church by 'earth', see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end), 4535. From all this it is evident that by creation in the earliest chapters of Genesis, where it says, In the beginning God created heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them, Genesis 2:1, a new Church is meant. For creation there describes regeneration, which is also called the new creation, as has been shown and may be seen in the explanations of those chapters.

  
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4535. The preliminary sections of previous chapters - Chapter 26 onwards - explained what the Lord foretold about His Coming or THE CLOSE OF THE AGE. Frequently in those sections it has been shown that His Coming or the Close of the Age means the last period of the Church, which in the Word is called the Last Judgement. Those who do not look beyond the literal sense cannot know of the Last Judgement as anything else than the destruction of the world, the particular source for such an idea being the Book of Revelation. There it is said that [John] saw 'a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away; and there was no more sea', and in addition that he saw 'the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven', Revelation 21:1-2. Prophetical utterances in Isaiah, where similar predictions occur, are also a source of the same idea,

Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; therefore the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 1 Be glad and rejoice for ever in the things I am creating; behold, I will create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. Isaiah 65:17-18; 66:22.

[2] Those who do not look beyond the literal sense cannot conceive of anything else than this - that the whole sky together with this planet will be annihilated, and then the dead - for the first time - will rise again and dwell in the new heaven and on the new earth. But these places in the Word should not be understood in that way, as may be recognized from other places in the Word where the heavens and the earth are referred to. Those who have any belief in an internal sense can see plainly that 'a new heaven' and 'a new earth' are used to mean a new Church which takes over when the previous one passes away, 1733, 1850, 3355 (end), and that 'heaven' is the internal aspect of that new Church and 'earth' the external aspect of it.

[3] This last period of the previous Church and the first of the new one are also called the Close of the Age, about which the Lord has spoken in Matthew 24. They are called also His Coming, for at that time the Lord departs from the previous Church and comes to the new. The description of that period as the Close of the Age may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

On that day a remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the God of power. For though your people Israel will be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of it will return. The close has been determined, overflowing with righteousness, for the Lord Jehovih Zebaoth is bringing the whole earth to its close and to its determined end. Isaiah 10:20-23.

In the same prophet,

Now do not be derisive, lest your punishments increase, for a close and a cutting off I have heard from the Lord Jehovih Zebaoth over the whole earth. Isaiah 28:22.

In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, The whole earth will be a waste, yet I will not bring it to a close. Jeremiah 4:27.

In Zephaniah,

I will bring men into distress, and they will go as the blind, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. For Jehovah will bring to a close, indeed to a hasty one, all the inhabitants of the earth. Zephaniah 1:17-18.

From each detail stated here it is evident that 'a close' means the last period of the Church and 'the earth' the Church itself.

[4] The reason why 'the earth (or land)' means the Church is that the land of Canaan was the land where the Church had existed since most ancient times, and later on where among the descendants of Jacob a representative of the Church existed. When this land is said to have been 'brought to a close' it is not the nation dwelling there that is meant but the holiness of worship which existed with the nation where the Church was. For the Word is spiritual; but the actual land is not spiritual, nor is the nation dwelling in it, only that which constitutes the Church there. For evidence that the land of Canaan was the land where the Church had existed from most ancient times, see 567, 3686, 4447, 4454, 4516, 4517; and this explains why 'the land' or 'the earth' in the Word means the Church, 566, 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 3355, 4447. From all this one may see what is meant in Isaiah by 'bringing the whole earth to a close', and in Zephaniah by 'bringing all the inhabitants of the earth to a hasty one'. It is well known that the Jewish nation which inhabited that land was not 'brought to a close' but that the holiness of worship among them was.

[5] This meaning of 'the close' is even clearer in Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sins and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. In the middle of the week he will cause sacrifice and offering to cease. At length upon the bird of desolations will come desolation; until a close and a cutting off will it drop upon the devastation. Daniel 9:24, 27.

[6] From this one may now see that the close of the age - about which the disciples were asking when they said to the Lord 'What will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age?' Matthew 24:3 - does not mean anything else than the final period of the Church. The same is also meant by the Lord's words, which are the very last in the same gospel,

Jesus said to the disciples, Teaching them to observe 2 all things whatever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you at all times 3 even to the close of the age. Matthew 28:20.

The reason why the Lord said that He would be with the disciples even to the close of the age is that the Lord's twelve disciples are similar in meaning to the twelve tribes of Israel. That is to say, they mean all things of love and faith, and therefore all things of the Church, see 3354, 3488, 3858, as do the twelve tribes, 3858, 3926, 3939, 4060. The fact that the Church reaches its close when no charity exists there any longer, nor consequently any faith, has been shown several times already; and that within the Church at the present day, called the Christian Church, scarcely any trace of charity or consequently of faith survives there; and that the close of the age is accordingly now at hand, will in the Lord's Divine mercy be shown further on.

Notas a pie de página:

1. literally, come up upon the heart

2. Reading servare (to observe) for the imperative servate (observe)

3. literally, I am with you all the days

  
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